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From day to day.
24 April
Gorgeous
day. Full sun, blue and hot 17 °C.
Number ten
at 7 am this morning.
She incubates permanently now. He signals his arrival and she answer.
He is
allowed to enter.
And
hunting
is good. It is warmer, the caterpillars are there. That is reassuring.
For breakfast...
He
goes
back and forth regularly to feed her. In the morning she is served at
bed and
in the afternoon she accepts to leave the nest to receive his
caterpillar.
In the morning, he arrives with a beautiful prey. He signals his
arrival. No
reaction in the nest box. He insists long time. Still nothing. Madame
is
satiated and does not even deign to make the effort. .. So, after
walking long-time
the caterpillar, he ends crunching it.
25 April
Fine this morning. 12°C.
He
came to
join her at 6:50 and they left together. Always ten eggs: laying seems
complete. She will brood
for about 14 days.
She
broods. Watch
VIDEO (1484ko 47s)
Last trend.
Livraison matinale.
Arrival of
the caterpillar. He flies to the nest box.
To offer
the caterpillar at the door.
26 April
Beautiful
and hot day. Since two days, swifts have arrived.
He comes with his morning caterpillar and at 6:40, they left. No more
songs in
the morning since three days.
She
incubates continuously and quickly returns to the nest.
Today, she brought what appear to be green leaves. There are several in
the
nest. Curious. I wonder what kind of leaf it happens to be.
The great grey
feather sometimes acts as mattress, sometimes as parasol.
When
he
comes with a caterpillar, he always signals his arrival. Practical for
her and
practical for the photo, just listen and be ready.
During
the day, usually she exits when he comes with a caterpillar. It's her
with the caterpillar in the beak.
Sometimes
it lasts, and Romeo calls for a long time.
And
sometimes,
definitely not, she is so well in the nest box, and don't feel like
going out
... he must brig the meal to bed.
[The
sequence is in IR because he doesn't enter very often and I did not
want to miss
the entrance. I have to exchange the camera that takes pictures on
video to
keep the colour, which takes a little time, so I stayed on IR for the
video.
He passes
about every hour with a prey. Of course it depends on the success of
the hunt
but also the time of the day. His passages seem more frequent in the
morning,
and slow down in the afternoon. Sometimes in rapid succession, he
brings
several caterpillars, a good hunting spot? From time to time, after a
feeding,
they leave together.
When he is too late she comes out and calls singing. If nothing comes,
she
eventually leaves. At the end of the day at about 17:30 and until 19h,
she
leaves, often alone.
On the
menu, mainly green caterpillar.
His arrival is still the opportunity to meet.
27 April
Again
beautiful and warm. 22 °C in the afternoon.
28 April
Overcast. 14-17°C
She eats.
She arranges the brood.
She broods...
and, as yesterday, they mate.
A
spider to
change from caterpillars?
Yes, but this one will be for him. Finding the waiting too long she had leaved and despite his appeals, she does not appears.
He
will look at the entrance of the nest box, then gulp!
Sorry, translation in progress.
29 avril
Il pleut. 12°
Bon appétit!
A-t-il trouvé un vrai trésor? Le bon
coin?
Entre
7h et 11h30, 34 nourrissages (si,si j'ai compté, pas
difficile la dame
sort du nichoir) avec, à une ou deux chenilles
près, une majorité
d'araignées.
La pluie est-elle favorable à leur sortie?
Sa ronde continue toute la matinée, Il vient toutes
les cinq-dix minutes.
Ouf! Elle doit être repue.
Deuxième service.
L'après-midi? Toujours de l'araignée.
Celle-ci, on dirait bien une épeire.
Au passage il cherche sur la terrasse si quelques-unes ne lui avaient
pas échappé.
Il scrute tous les recoins, tous les trous, les bords de pots et même ... l'arrosoir. Il a raison, une araignée insiste toujours pour y faire sa toile.
La charbonnière passe à son tour et
refait
l'inspection. Décidément, sale temps
pour ces
bébêtes aujourd'hui.
Le score? Entre 11h30 et 15h: 21 nourrissages.
Entre 15h et 17h50: 8. Soit, 63 au total à 18h.
Petite visite du merle du coin.
